Vestager welcomes Trump’s ‘help’
Donald Trump has unwittingly boosted Margrethe Vestager’s chances of succeeding Jean-Claude Juncker as President of the EU Commission this year, the former Social Liberal leader said yesterday at the Citizens’ Forum in Bornholm….
MoreQuick turnaround for unemployed
Denmark is amongst the EU countries most successful at getting the unemployed back into the labour market, the latest Eurostat figures show. Luxembourg, where 44% of the jobless get work in the subsequent…
MoreDPP joins far-right EU group
The Danish People’s Party (DPP) is officially part of a new, far-right group at the European Parliament. France’s Marine Le Pen unveiled the Identity and Democracy (ID) group, Thursday, which replaces the Europe…
MoreDenmark 8th-biggest supplier to UN
The United Nations purchased goods and services totalling DKK3.6bn ($550.91M) from Denmark last year. The latest Annual Statistical Report on United Nations Procurement published this week ranks Denmark as the 8th-largest supplier to…
MoreLA financier: Denmark facing radical left-wing experiment
Multi-millionaire Lars Seier Christensen’s long-held hopes of reducing the tax burden in this country have been hard hit by the resounding defeat of the Liberal Alliance at last week’s election. Mr Christensen, who…
MoreTime-out for government negotiations but Frederiksen remains optimistic
Social Democrat leader Mette Frederiksen remains hopeful of putting together a workable majority for a centre-left government even though the first round of negotiations with her ‘red bloc’ allies ended yesterday with no…
MoreFogh Rasmussen backs US call for Nord Stream sanctions
Ex-prime minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen believes US sanctions against European – and Danish – companies could be the only solution if Europe fails to halt the controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline from Russia…
MoreLeft wing smells blood in child brides affair
Acting integration minister Inger Støjberg’s role in the ‘child brides’ affair has become part of the ongoing government negotiations. Berlingske reports how the Social Liberals (Radikale) have demanded a full-scale investigation into the…
MoreDPP calls for denunciation of China as Hong Kong protests escalate
Denmark should denounce China and offer support for the Hong Kong demonstrators, the Danish People’s Party’s deputy leader, Søren Espersen, said yesterday after the fourth day of protests against a new bill to…
MoreDanish jihadist orphans rescued from Syrian refugee camp
Two French orphans with links to Denmark have been flown to France from a refugee camp in Syria. The Foreign Ministry’s Citizens’ Service has confirmed that the two were amongst twelve orphaned children…
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